Polytheistic religions often relate each god to a thing in nature. ... Roman polytheism as well as the polytheistic traditions of Europe before Christianization.

The Hindu situation is characterised not by polytheism but what might be called at best “apparent polytheism”, because the reality underlying all the different gods is the reality of the one God.

In Praise of Polytheism Maurizio Bettini, trans. from the Italian. Univ. of California, $24.95 (164p) ISBN 978-0-520-34224-8 ...

Hinduism is both monotheistic and polytheistic, even though to Western eyes the polytheism overwhelms everything else. Why does a devotee of god need both monotheism and polytheism?

To celebrate the winter solstice, Dean Cameron made an offering to Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the sea. In his North Hollywood backyard he placed a roast on the makeshift backyard altar ...

Polytheistic origins. Indeed, ... Adam and Eve, was monotheistic. Because it was corrupted into polytheism, Allah sent prophets who all taught that there is only one god. ...

Pagans practiced polytheism, the opposite of monotheistic religious practices like Christianity, Judaism or Islam. ... (500 BCE-500 CE). A polytheistic people, ...